- An alleged gas explosion in Johannesburg’s central business district seriously damaged neighboring roads and created sinkholes.
- Egoli Gas has refuted claims via twitter that a gas pipeline or leak was to blame for the explosion in Johannesburg’s Bree Street.
- The business, a reticulator of piped natural gas, has not seen any pressure drop and is still able to supply gas to consumers without interruption.
- Emergency personnel are evaluating the region where gas may still be odorized in the air well after 8 o’clock. Authorities said that more than 20 cars collided in Johannesburg, the largest city in South Africa, hurting at least nine persons.
- The nine people were taken to a hospital with injuries that, according to the officials, were not life-threatening.
- Panyaza Lesufi, the premier of Gauteng, expressed concern that observers were still moving around despite the explosion’s devastation.
- Experts from Egoli Gas are still analyzing the cause of the explosion and the gas that the area is inhaling.
- The region is still dangerous and disaster-prone, according to City Manager Floyd Brinks, but they are still awaiting a report from the preliminary evaluation before updating the public.
- An alleged gas explosion in Johannesburg’s central business district seriously damaged neighboring roads and created sinkholes.
- Egoli Gas has refuted claims via twitter that a gas pipeline or leak was to blame for the explosion in Johannesburg’s Bree Street.
- The business, a reticulator of piped natural gas, has not seen any pressure drop and is still able to supply gas to consumers without interruption.
- Emergency personnel are evaluating the region where gas may still be odorized in the air well after 8 o’clock. Authorities said that more than 20 cars collided in Johannesburg, the largest city in South Africa, hurting at least nine persons.
- The nine people were taken to a hospital with injuries that, according to the officials, were not life-threatening.
- Panyaza Lesufi, the premier of Gauteng, expressed concern that observers were still moving around despite the explosion’s devastation.
- Experts from Egoli Gas are still analyzing the cause of the explosion and the gas that the area is inhaling.
- The region is still dangerous and disaster-prone, according to City Manager Floyd Brinks, but they are still awaiting a report from the preliminary evaluation before updating the public.
